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John Henry Faulk recordings of Negro religious services

LC Control No.:	2008700328
Type of Material:	Music Sound Recording (Collection)
Main Title:	John Henry Faulk recordings of Negro religious services. Part 1 [sound recording].
Published/Created:	1941, July.
Related Names:	Faulk, John Henry, collector. » More like this Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) » More like this
Description:	47 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 and 78 rpm; 12 in.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Biographical/Historical Data:	Recordings made by John Henry Faulk under a grant from the Rosenwald Foundation, using their model K machine with two turntables, with some needles and glass-based lacquer discs supplied by the Library of Congress, which duplicated the recordings for the Archive of American Folk Song.
Summary:	Collection of field recordings of African American Baptist church services including scripture readings, African American gospel quartets and quintets, choirs, religious songs, hymns, prayers, and sermons.
Notes:	Recorded on glass-based lacquer discs during church services at various locations in Austin, Texas and Garfield, Texas in July 1941 by John Henry Faulk. Search for these and other sound recordings (most are dated 1933-1950) in selected collections from the American Folklife Center in the online resource link: Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center.
Indexes:	Bibliographic information for titles in this collection is available in the online resource: Audio titles in the John Henry Faulk Recordings of Negro Religious Services. Part 1.
Cite as:	John Henry Faulk Recordings of Negro Religious Services. Part 1 (AFC 1941/014), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Performer:	Various participants.
Acquisition Source:	Loan for duplication, 1941.
Subjects:	Gospel music--Texas. » More like this African American preaching--Texas. » More like this African American gospel singers--Texas. » More like this African American Baptists--Texas. » More like this African American Baptists--Sermons. » More like this African American Baptists--Hymns. » More like this Worship programs--Texas. » More like this Hymns, English--Texas. » More like this Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Field recordings--Texas. » More like this Sermons. » More like this Prayers. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	LWO 2052 (on tape 2/63); LWO reels AFS 5168-5214 AFC 1941/014
Geographic Area Code:	n-us-tx
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links:	Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/afccards/afccards-home.html